Looking for a transmission shop around Philadelphia
From: Andrew C Merry (andrewcmerry@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue 22 Apr 2008 - 00:34:29 EDT
I have an 89 505 turbo SW8 and it is being held hostage by lack of
knowledge at the transmission shop who tried to rebuild the zf.
They came recommended by an import garage I have used for a year
happily and claimed they understood that the trans was simply the
same zf unit that volvo and bmw use, so no big deal. Wrong!
When I collected it and it ran like crap, vibrating terribly so I
turned around and took it back. They claimed they didn't know how
Peugeots ran and thought that might be normal for them. At that
point I knew I was in trouble. Obviously the torque converter was
out of balance. That got sorted out but somehow they messed up the
unit and the car didn't even get a block away and the power
disappeared. Probably a hub or the front drum blew. They pushed it
back and rebuilt it again. This time they road test it and same
thing, it failed, and then again and one more time. This has gone on
for weeks.
Each time they claim to have found out what happened but now they
agree that they are stuck and despite seeking reference from
their "expert connections" have gotten nowhere. They aren't agreeing
to just give me back the car and my money yet and still want to
resolve this, with whatever help they can. I'm not sure if it's
about the money or the fact they want to know what they are missing
in the process but I'm going to let them try one more time if they
or I can find a knowledgeable consult or shop they can outsource the
fix to.
Every shop I've called claims that while they haven't worked on such
a car it should be no problem... yeah I believe that. So I am
wondering if anyone can recommend a transmission shop in this area
that I can work with.
This is the second 505 I've had transmission rebuild problems with
so if I can't find anyone who can get this right I'm thinking of
just swapping in a junkyard unit myself and taking my chances on how
long that lasts and forgetting getting a rebuild as it seems once
the unit is apart people have trouble putting it back together! The
last shop who got it wrong then right was in Michigan, a thousand
miles from where I live now and my AAA towing only covers 100 miles.
-Andrew
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